What We Argue about When We Argue about Regionalism
What We Argue about When We Argue about Regionalism
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当我们争论地区主义时我们在争论什么
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2001
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Todd Swanstrom
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Todd Swanstrom
20世纪90年代出现了一场关于城市问题的区域解决方案的新辩论。这场辩论绝大多数是在福利经济学框架内进行的，该框架强调区域治理结构的经济成本和收益。与先前关于区域改革的辩论不同，新的区域主义者强调，更具合作性的区域治理结构不仅将改善地方服务，而且还将增强地区在全球经济中的竞争力。本文考察了新区域主义者提出的两个命题的证据：1)碎片化的区域治理是否会损害经济增长；2)郊区是否依赖城市的经济福利。这两种观点都没有得到充分的研究支持，即使有，作者总结道，这也不一定能说服公民支持地区改革。对区域治理经济效应的研究需要辅以对其政治效应的研究。文章最后考察了区域治理结构对美国三大核心政治价值观的影响。
A new debate emerged in the 1990s about regional solutions to urban problems. The debate has been carried out overwhelmingly within a welfare economics framework that stresses the economic costs and benefits of regional governance structures. Unlike earlier debates about regional reforms, the new regionalists emphasize not just that more collaborative regional governance structures will improve local services but that they will enhance the competitiveness of regions in the global economy as well. The article surveys the evidence on two propositions put forth by the new regionalists: 1) whether fragmented regional governance harms economic growth; and 2) whether suburbs are dependent on cities for their economic well-being. Neither proposition is well supported by research and even if they were, the author concludes, this would not necessarily persuade citizens to support regional reforms. Research on the economic effects of regional governance needs to be supplemented with research on its political effects. The article concludes by examining the effects of regional governance structures on three core American political values.